All Anatole France Quotes
We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.
Anatole France
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Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.
Anatole France
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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.
Anatole France
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Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
Anatole France
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
Anatole France
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That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
Anatole France
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Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.
Anatole France
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It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.
Anatole France
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It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
Anatole France
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